Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Monday, December 15, 2008

Chalk down the set decoration, costuming and lighting here and throughout this film as some of the best in cinema history. Absolutely inspired!

Caption:
200 miles above the Earth’s Equator, pilots and a stewardess from a commercial spaceliner relax in the lounge area of Space Station Five. In the background are (left) a picture phone where space travelers can dial a number and see and talk with people on Earth. At the right is the Earthlight room, a restaurant whose windows provide spectacular views of the planet Earth 200 miles away.

MGM presents a Stanley Kubrick production, “2001: A Space Odyssey” starring Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood. The epic drama of adventure and exploration, in Cinerama, was produced and directed by Kubrick from a screenplay by Kubrick and Arthur C. Clarke and was filmed in Super Panavision and Metrocolor.

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Buy the 2001 – A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray]

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Official issued still that was used in its original US release.

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Saturday, August 30, 2008

I don’t know if it’s the best WWI film ever made, but it certainly is one of the most haunting. With Kirk Douglas as Col. Dax and Stanley Kubrick behind the helm, this film takes patriotic grit and the hell of war and asks the timeless question on the sanity of mankind always waging wars with itself. At least that is my take on the film and it certainly is a work that is open to multiple interpretations.

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Official issued still that was used in its original US release.

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The mythic place of this bar/hotel ballroom is one of the real treasures of cinema. This hallowed ground serves a place in the heart of film lovers where cinema can transport us into places where we have no idea where reality and fantasy begin and end. Places that capture our hearts and imagination. Places that leave us forever in debate on their true meaning.

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Official issued still that was used in its original US release.

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Vintage Movie Wallpaper of the Day
Sunday, August 3, 2008

Something about this image and its framing seems agelessly ingrained in the conscious of cinema, 40 years and counting. If your a fan of this film be sure to head out to the 41st SITGES – INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OF CATALONIA (October 2-12, Sitges, Spain) as it will be doing a grand tribute and screening of it this year.

The 41st edition will be dedicated to 2001: A Space Odyssey
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The 41st edition, to be held from October 2nd to the 12th, will be dedicated to the 40th anniversary of 2001: A Space Odyssey, by Stanley Kubrick, and will be attended by, among others, actors Gary Lockwood and Keir Dullea, special effects supervisor Douglas Trumbull and Jan Harlan, executive producer and Kubrick’s assistant.

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Buy the 2001 – A Space Odyssey [Blu-ray]

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Official issued still that was used in its international archival re-releases.

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Here is a remarkable and extremely rare behind the scenes image from Stanley Kubrick’s Spartacus with Kirk Douglas and Sammy Davis Jr. chatting.

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Rare official still used in the original USA release of the film.

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